Unit Code: BCH603

Unit Name: Nutritional Biochemistry

Description: Biochemistry has become the foundation of understanding biological processes in the medical field. It has provided insight into the causes of many diseases in humans at both biochemical and genetic level which then allows for ways to treat or cure these diseases. The Nutritional Biochemistry BCH603 course is taught to Dietetics students. The theory and the lab components are designed to enable the student to get insight on the fundamental mechanisms of life at the cellular and molecular level. This course allows the student to develop a sound understanding of Nutritional Biochemistry essential to the understanding of the normal and abnormal metabolic process of the human body. The knowledge acquired from this subject would form a firm nucleus from which the student can draw relevant information during later paramedical years and then as qualified dietician.

Learning Target Outcomes: On successful completion of this course, the students will be able to : 1. Analyze and evaluate the structure, functions and regulation of enzymes 2. Discuss the bioenergetics and the metabolism of carbohydrates and lipids 3. Explain the normal metabolism and metabolic disorders of amino acids 4. Describe the metabolic integration of macronutrients- carbohydrates, lipids and proteins

Prerequisite: NA

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 2